been used officially by the head of the Church since the tenure of Pope Siricius. There have been 266 popes, as listed by the Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical...

name into all local languages. Thus, for example, Papa Franciscus is Papa Francesco in Italian, Papa Francisco in his native Spanish, and Pope Francis...

Latin canons and decretals with Damasus's successor, Siricius, implies that no pope before Siricius issued decretals. The complete text is preserved in...

from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013. "Saint Siricius". Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2015....

The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father') is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic...

which is why the western bishops and the pope were ignored). In 385, Pope Siricius, in a decree to the Bishop of Tarragona, advocated celibacy and chastity...

Some suggest that it was Marcellinus (r. 296–304), Damasus (r. 366–384), Siricius (r. 384–399), Pope John I (r. 523–526), or others. By the end of the fourth...

although some countries punished heresy with the death penalty. Pope Siricius, Ambrose of Milan, and Martin of Tours protested against the execution...

Patriarchate". Catholic Encyclopedia; New Advent. Retrieved 23 February 2010. "Papa". Enciclopédia Católica Popular (in Portuguese). Archived from the original...

31 May 2017. Bensi, Giovanni (20 March 2013). "Le due chance perdute del papa armeno". East Journal (in Italian).; also published in Russian: Bensi, Giovanni...